Round of 16 of the State Chess Championship, Group 4
Round-RobinStandard
8 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 17 Sept 2025 to 20 Dec 2025 in Kfar Saba, Israel. Top 10 Elo average was 1206, and top seed was David Klevinskiy (🇮🇱 ISR, 1763).
Rey Goralskiy (🇮🇱 ISR, 1545) won with 5.0/7, ahead of Yonatan Pinhasov (5.0) and David Klevinskiy (4.0). Goralskiy shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 1: Omri Ben Assa (1576) beat David Klevinskiy (1763), a +187-point gap.
Location
🇮🇱Kfar Saba, Israel
Dates
17 Sept 2025 → 20 Dec 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Round-robin · 7 rounds
Federations · 1 represented
🇮🇱Israel×7
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 8 · 7 roundsTitle race narrowed from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.
Co-leaders
4
2
1
3
1
1
2
R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND
Yonatan Pinhasov lost to Rey Goralskiy (Black).
R1–R3 · WIN STREAK
Rey Goralskiy won 3 in a row (R1–R3).
Cross-table
| # | Player | Elo | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Pts | SB | Bh | Δ Elo | Perf |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 🇮🇱Goralskiy, Rey | 1545 | * | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5.0 | 12.00 | 19.0 | +39.2 | 1692 |
| 2 | 🇮🇱Pinhasov, Yonatan | 1587 | 0 | * | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 5.0 | 11.50 | 19.0 | +46.0 | 1760 |
| 1 | 🇮🇱Klevinskiy, David | 1763 | 1 | ½ | * | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | — | 4.0 | 14.00 | 20.0 | -3.6 | 1725 |
| 4 | 🇮🇱Ben Assa, Omri | 1576 | 0 | 0 | 1 | * | 0 | 1 | — | 1 | 3.0 | 7.00 | 21.0 | -10.0 | 1542 |
| 5 | 🇮🇱Bacall, Udi | 1698 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | * | 1 | 1 | — | 3.0 | 7.00 | 21.0 | -24.2 | 1517 |
| 6 | 🇮🇱Hanin, Asaf | 1477 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | * | 1 | 1 | 3.0 | 6.00 | 21.0 | -19.6 | 1394 |
| 7 | 🇮🇱Resh, Nadav | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | — | 0 | 0 | * | — | 1.0 | 4.50 | 23.0 | 0.0 | 1374 |
| 8 | FIDE 2889552 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | 0 | — | * | 0.0 | 0.00 | 24.0 | 0.0 | 746 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Pinhasov, YonatanISR+46.05.0 pts · #2
- 2Goralskiy, ReyISR+39.25.0 pts · #3
- 3Resh, NadavISR0.01.0 pts · #7
Top rating losers
- 1Bacall, UdiISR-24.23.0 pts · #5
- 2Hanin, AsafISR-19.63.0 pts · #6
- 3Ben Assa, OmriISR-10.03.0 pts · #4
Biggest upsets
- R1+187 Elo gap
- R2+153 Elo gap
- R1+111 Elo gap